Saturday, 12 August 2017

Boxing Clever

I am not a fan of getting ready for Christmas too early.Summer is all too short here in the UK and I prefer
to enjoy it without looking at images of snow and ice.I do realize that some people have a huge
amount of stuff to make and some of this has to be sent overseas so I have made
a start designing.Here is the first
entry in my new series of boxes shaped like buildings:

You can buy this here It is simple to make up; cut out and score along all the dotted lines
then fold them inwards and apply glue on the tabs.This means both side of the roof if it is
going to be a card, and only the side where the tabbed side does not rest for a
box.If it is a card you can also lose
the foldover tab and the tabs along the bottom.But wait, there is something missing!

It is a base.Sorry folks but if
this is all going on one sheet with a lower price tag there is no room.But don’t worry, all you have to do to
construct one is rule a rectangle 6cm x 7.2cm and attach it to the bottom.Actually you don’t even have to do that as
here is one:

Or a whole sheet of six of them:

This is for those of you who want more than one to use as favor
boxes.They look great beside a plate
and can contain a small gift or some sweets.If you want a whole village of buildings when the other boxes appear
(there is a sweet shop coming up next) you could use them for this.They would look good standing under the
Christmas tree (full of goodies of course).

About Me

I've been working as a freelance craft designer since 1992 and have contributed to various magazines including Sewing World, Sew Hip, Modern Quilting, Papercraft Inspirations, The Bead Magazine, Making Cards, 12 x 12, Simply Crafts, Toymaking, Needlework, several Eaglemoss partworks, Popular Crafts and Creative Scrapbooking. I also enjoy teaching crafts and designing cards for sale at Craftsuprint.